Three men break hemp on a rolling field of hemp and craggy trees, possibly in Mercer County, Kentucky. Two men operate hand brakes and the man in center holds aloft a mass of hemp dangling to the ground like a large blanket. A shack and outhouse...

A view of the Empire Coal Company alongside railroad tracks bearing two railroad cars loaded with coal and three men overseeing the process. On the right there is a horse and buggy and several small buildings which may be employee housing. A couple...

Jean Thomas, wearing the long black dress with ruffled collar known as her "Narrator" costume at the annual American Folk Song Festival, stands outside her Traipsin' Woman Cabin on the Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky, holding a mountain dulcimer....

Jean Thomas, wearing the long black dress with ruffled collar known as her "Narrator" costume at the annual American Folk Song Festival, stands outside her Traipsin' Woman Cabin on the Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky, holding a mountain dulcimer....

Jean Thomas, wearing the long black dress with ruffled collar known as her "Narrator" costume at the annual American Folk Song Festival, sits on the steps of her Traipsin' Woman Cabin on the Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky, holding a mountain...

Jean Thomas, wearing the long black dress with ruffled collar known as her "Narrator" costume at the annual American Folk Song Festival, sits outside her Traipsin' Woman Cabin on the Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky, playing a mountain dulcimer....